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I have heard good things about Death Note, but the art style is just so off putting that I cannot watch. I have also heard fantastic things about Rurouni Kenshin series, but it just sounds so boring and unattractive.

EDIT: Thank you so much for your replies. I'm so glad to discover I'm not the only one who cannot watch an anime just because of the art style, or the longevity of the story.

EDIT 2: A tiny update. I finished watching the Clannad series (aside from the OVAs, which come in a few hours when I'm bored). I began to watch Rorouni Kenshin series, and it's actually quite funny. We'll see how long it lasts.

I know that feeling - it was one of the reasons I put it off for so long. They always (and still a bit) looked like they had Down's Syndrome to me. It is a good show though, and not all the characters have those eyes.

For me, I heard how nice the story and execution is but I just can't get over the at style... while it isn't particularly bad, it isn't too taste, and I find it REALLY distracting. Like I'm getting into a scene, then the character design just begins to bother me and I have to rewatch the scene.

Not at all. I watched all the 200 eps of naruto even the ones I knew was filler. Started watching shippuden and just got sick of the "I will get stronger and save my friends" stuff. tryed only reading the mangas instead, but it wasn't very effective, the manga is as boring as the anime.

If you want to flip it around, how can something with such crappy art be so well received? The character designs may look terrible at first, but you'll find that they actually to the grim and dark mood of the shows.

/small rant below

There's quite a bit of originality and psychological attention to the series that explains their popularity. It's what likely started my raving of Madhouse and their game/sports anime (also Hajime no Ippo which many would agree has bad character art -- but good luck saying the fights are animated poorly).

For its genre, the presentation is what ultimately matters and it's executed with such suspense and exaggeration that I doubt you'll even care what the characters look like to appreciate the series.

I actually find these type of series easier to watch back to back because you're constantly wondering what's going to happen next (also, cliffhangers everywhere). However, Kaiji S2 felt fairly weak compared to the first season as it really was drawn out at times.

Also, don't exclude watching Akagi if you feel not knowing Mahjong will be a drawback. I never understood it and it ultimately doesn't matter as I loved the show, perhaps even more than Kaiji S1 due to the MC alone.

Don't forget Saki as well. (Saki: Achiga-hen might be hit or miss for some people, but it's a setup for the next season). It might not be as dark as the other series, but I enjoyed the way they executed the game too.

I actually have never even heard of Legendary Gambler Tetsuya surprisingly, so I'll definitely have to try it.

The best thing about Gintama is that there's not really any arcs (there are a few), so you don't have to be committed to it, most of the episodes are wrapped up within 20mins, some taking 2 or 3 episodes.

I watched it over the course of a year whilst i had nothing else to watch. I would definitely recommend it too.

Is it true the arcs are the best parts though? I started watching it recently on and off as a good break between series or when I just want to watch something random. It's had some funny moments but nothing that particularly stood out yet (on episode 20 or so).

It's not really "crime scene stuff" (in the sense of Law and Order, Criminal Minds, etc). That's really just the stage for the actors to shine on. It's really about mind games, cleverness, manipulation, ethics, morality, and the meaning of justice. The individual deaths are irrelevant for the most part.

However... Season 3 is pretty much a joke. You can delete it. Remove the other filler episodes, and you're under 52 episodes.

Now, Kenshin is a typical shounen, meaning that the battles are so drawn out it's just plain ridiculous. Speed things up a bit, remove duplicated scenes (e.g. "What happened last time"), and you can easily divide the running time by 2, without removing anything important. You end up with a reasonably fast-paced 26-episode series.

Heck, compare one episode of Aria (which is supposed to be a slow anime) and one episode from the final battle at Shishio's hideout (from what's supposed to be an action anime). You'll see that far more stuff happens in the former than in the latter.

"Filler episodes are entries in a generally continuous serial that are unrelated to the main plot, don't significantly alter the relations between the characters, and generally serve only to take up space. This could be considered Padding applied to a whole franchise.

They are extremely common in Anime, where many shows have 26 or more episodes per season. The producers have to use filler just to meet contractual demands. Filler is usually something entirely original for the anime, but not always; many manga – particularly weekly manga – employ filler just as ruthlessly due to the extreme deadlines."

It's actually kind of weird how the clamp noodle people actually have more realistic bodily proportions than most american cartoon characters etc but more people are put off by the noodle design including myself.

Detective Conan is a nice detective series in that you can watch the first 5 episodes and get the premise and then after that every new mystery is self-contained. It is one of the longest anime series.

Almost any show that is popular and highly recommended but the anime is over and the manga is ongoing. I just don't want to pick up any more manga right now, especially if the end is nowhere in sight. A perfect example of this is Soul Eater.

I am so in love with One Piece its not even funny. I get really emotional during it, and have a strong attachment to many of the characters. No other form of media has affected me ass much as One Piece has. To be completely honest, when I first tried watching the first episode I just couldn't get into it and stopped watching it about halfway through. I later read a few volumes of the manga from the library and loved it so gave the anime another shot and loved it. Admittedly its a bit slow at the beginning but picks up fairly quickly :-) Dunno why I'm ranting on, you've already decided you don't want to watch it :-P

I've never really thought about that. After the few volumes I read from the library I didn't touch the manga again until several months after I was caught up with the anime... Both are fantastic, and the anime does a really good job. I'd just say go with whichever you prefer more :-)

I don't like that people hate on it just because "its to long" that is so stupid. So let me get this straight, in order for an anime to be good it can't be to long? One Piece is long but it is also really good and I watch all the episodes in a little over a month because it was so enjoyable to watch.

Eh, some people just aren't up to the daunting task of committing that much time to watching a long series. Rather spend a month watching one series, a lot of people would rather spend a month watching, say 6 or 7 series. I can understand where they are coming from as I do the exact same thing with Detective Conan; I'd like to watch it, I just don't really want to commit all the time it would require to watch it.

I can't seem to get myself to watch beck. I tried to, but the MC's poor english heavily turned me off. Anytime they have an 'American' speak english in a heavy japanese accent that makes it almost monotonous it drags me out of the show. (lookin' at you chrome shell)

Well the only anime genre I don't like watching is Sport anime as I just don't like sport but that doesn't really have to do with Anime alone now.

And I don't really have any other specific things that I wouldn't watch an anime. I'm also someone who doesn't drop an Anime so I watch it out even if it sucks (might take longer than usual to finish) but I finish it eventually.

The most disappointing things for me are bad animation or art although I do sometimes like the older style's of Anime or very different takes on Art Styles (TTGL, RedLine, Stein;Gate) sometimes they even give the Anime a better feel of environment.

But the only thing I really hate is a bad story or a horrible ending these factors will all come together and form a rate, so if the story is bad I would normally drop it by I try not to drop anything so yea...

Either way I would suggest you to try Death Note as the story in that one is quite epic! And the art wasn't all to bad tbh.

I've never heard anyone say they hate Pen Pen before. What did he ever do to you other than instill some comedy in an otherwise very depressing series? Hot spring penguins are crying all over the world right now.

To be completely honest the few episodes I saw had very little of Pen Pen in it. I don't hate him, I just find it really awkward and out of place. From moment I saw him walk out of the bathroom...I just couldn't concentrate on the plot and kept thinking about why isn't the Penguin in a Zoo.

It's okay, I'm of the opinion that it's one of the most overrated anime. I'm not saying that it's complete crap, but there are a lot of good reasons to not watch it (e.g., useless filler episodes, poor animation quality in some episodes, the cop-out ending, etc.) when there are so many excellent anime out there. I do think the rebuilds are going in the right direction though.

i am going to share my opinion, OPINION!!!!!! just incase people didn't get that messege... anyway, i didn't like it, i didn't like the drawing style, i dind't like the fights, i didn't like the story. :( yeah... i only watched the anime and it's turned me away from the mvoeis

This was a good call on your part. The series is amazing, but holy fuck does it get unsettling. Even in those first episodes, those moments when the characters' voices suddenly go from cheerful to emotionless/hollow...

I almost gave up midway because of the annoying voices and the drawings. I kept going due to lack of things to do and I was really surprised how meaningful the show is. unless you get a frekin reverse boner from the drawings, try and stick it out and finish it.

The thing I like about his pervertedness is (in the LN's at least, as I am not done with the anime yet) in his inner monologue he always thinks things like "wow this girl is so hot" and such, but he will never say anything like that out loud or act on any of those thoughts, unlike some other quite unbearable protagonists. This, in my opinion, made it very enjoyable because it made him a very realistic character.

At one scene, he was literally standing above the pink haired girl watching her shower for a while before making his presence known. He is downright predatory. I can't not think about it since the show throws bad vibe shit in almost every scene or at least every other scene.

Agreed on Haruhi. Everyone seems to love it, but I hate the art style, the premise, all of the characters and every arc. I've tried three times to watch that show and every time I hate it more than the last. Guess it just isn't for me.

Elfen Lied is one of my favorites so I may be a bit biased here. The gore really isn't that bad I have seen worse in others. Elfen Lied is still the only anime that made me go "WTF?" out loud. It's worth to give it a run through in my opinion.

I second this, Elfen Lied's gore factor is not really that high and gives it a nice tint to the story. I would always recommend this Anime for anyone who would search a new one and didn't watch it yet!

Tell me of a way i can get to see Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere! because i tried one episode and failed miserably. those characters.. what the flying fuck is it with them boobies/baloons/circles and the events that unfolded, information i was given.. was like a flood of cheap parody right down to the graphical style.

i haven't tried giving it another go.. but given my backlog i don't know if i should bother.

To this day, my friends continue to pester me to watch it, but i just cannot. I'm fine with the "Cute girls doing cute things" category, i think. I was fine with K-On. I guess they're trying to portray the game in an anime, and that's probably what i don't like. I'll probably like the game a lot better though. >.>

Lucky Star. I can't put up with the rate at which things happen (even though I didn't really have a problem with the food part at the very beginning, and actually kind of enjoyed it). Also, I really dislike the art style.

I've heard lots of good stuff about it, but I just can't get past the first episode.

Ah man, it sucks you think that about Death Note and Rurouni Kenshin. If possible, pick up the mangas for each respective series. They both have amazing stories and the art for Death Note and Rurouni Kenshin are both amazing (and the mangaka of Death Note, Takeshi Obata, actually mentored the mangaka of Rurouni Kenshin, Nobuhiro Watsuki, whom in turn actually mentored Eiichiro Oda, the mangaka of One Piece!). I really encourage you to give the mangas for these series a chance if the animes were turning you off.

Now, for my own series I just can't watch is K-On! It was the first time the moe-blob style just made it impossible for me to get through even the first episode. It also didn't help that I just didn't relate to or care about any of the characters in the series making the viewing experience so boring.

Don't watch Rurouni Kenshin; Read it. The manga is FAR superior to the anime. if you like the anime format, continue up to Season 2. Stop there. If you want to retain ANY interest in the show, just stop. Then proceed to read the Jinchuu arc of the manga fo te compete series.

It is not a valid reason. Those examples you just gave are valid because they have to do with the show itself. Yours has to do with the people who watch it. The fanbase has nothing to do with the quality of a show.

I get your opinion, but disagree with it. I'd be a hypocrite if i said i watch things that people idolize at that level without massive amounts of hesitation, but I'll at least try to watch the first episode, or shut up about it if I'm really not interested. the only thing those statements do is annoy people, and the fanverse is not something to be trifled with.

This is why I dislike r/anime so much. There's so much butthurt flying around, the mods are dicks, and when somebody does actually express their opinion, they get downvoted to hell. I wish there were another board that wasn't so damn uptight.

i watched the first few episodes and didnt really see why it was so hyped so i thought maybe it gets better so i just kept pushing myself to finish. spoiler alert, it doesnt...
worst mistake i have ever made

I'm the type of person who likes to marathon animes. So I cannot finish any anime over 30 episodes. So ones such as Death Note, Soul Eater, and D. Gray Man I refuse to complete. Mostly because watching so much in such a short period of time made me dislike them enough to never finish them. When I tried to watch Soul Eater, I watched all of them up to the last one, but by that time I had enough and said screw it. 6 months later I have yet to finish that lay episode.

Edit: I refuse to finish Gurren Laggan for the exact opposite reason as stated above. I don't believe it was long enough, I feel the tried to put to much into such a shirt anime. It felt rushed and I didn't care for it all the much. Also Kamina died.